US: Possible Attacks Delay Diplomats Return to Saudi Arabia
VOA News
13 Aug 2004, 19:20 UTC
The U.S. State Department says it will keep non-emergency diplomatic personnel and their families out of Saudi Arabia indefinitely.
Officials said "credible information" indicates terrorists continue to target residential compounds across the country, and especially in the capital, Riyadh.
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Saudi Arabia executes convicted Sudanese murderer
4:23 a.m. August 13, 2004
RIYADH – Saudi Arabia beheaded a Sudanese national on Friday for stabbing to death a Saudi man during an argument, the Interior Ministry said in a statement.
The execution in the northern city of Hael raised to at least 10 the number of people put to death this year in Saudi Arabia, which implements strict Islamic sharia law.
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/world/20040813-0423-crime-saudi-execution.html